It's pretty much impossible to use this one straight anymore, due to its use in anti-drug and peer-pressure resistance education back in The Eighties.

"And as for you..."

"And if I refuse?" Response to being asked to cooperate or come quietly. Can be answered by something sufficiently threatening to make the first person quickly go, "Okay, okay..."

"Anyone get the [license] number of that truck?" The most common form of Non Sequitur Thud. Said after taking a walloping of some kind, usually one that knocked the recipient unconscious. In a low-tech/fantasy world, "truck" can be replaced with "Donkey Cart," "Chariot," "Elephant," "Dragon," etc.

"Are you all right?" "I will be." Used when a character has undergone a traumatic experience, to illustrate that a character is getting over their experience without cheapening the meaning of the Aesop by shortening the adjustment process.

"Are you calling me an X?" Typically used to call out somebody making more-or-less veiled accusations of just that. Since 'X' is usually something bluntly unflattering such as "coward" or "liar", this also plays on the common social impulse to be tactful first and honest second in order to get the accuser to temporarily shut up or at least backpedal while flustered.

"But it looks good on you!" — Said after a character describes a certain outfit as being ugly, only to realize that the person they're talking to is wearing the same outfit.

"But these creatures have been extinct for millions of years!" (They're Not So Extinct.)

"BUT YOU NEVER KEEP YOUR PROMISES!'' - This is a stock line in countless family films. The dialogue will always be as follows: Mum or dad promises something to their son or daughter, but has proven in the past to be always late on their children's baseball game, music recital, school play, scouts meeting or whatever. Therefore the crying child belts this phrase out.

"Clean up on aisle five." Usually done these days as a form of understatement; the mess to be cleaned up being of comically horrific proportions: usually the result of some action sequence taking place within the supermarket.

"Come back here, you cowards!" Said to either (a) your comrades who have just deserted you in combat or (b) the enemy, who are running away so you can't kill them as they deserve. An (a) example occurs in ˇThree Amigos! Another (a) example occurs in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

"Did <name> send you?" "<name> doesn't know I'm here." Usually spoken when the second speaker comes to the first (usually the villain) to make a deal on behalf of their love interest/best friend/etc.

Subverted in the Conan story "The Scarlet Citadel," where the guy making the deal turns out to be a former tribesman out for vengeance for a brother killed during Conan's pirate days, where he was known as "Amra." He meets his end at the fangs of Tsotha's snake Satha before he can kill Conan.

"Does your mother know you're out?" Asked when someone isn't deemed tough enough—or old enough—for the context. (Averted and Lampshaded in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe (1882) when Phyllis asks Strephon if his immortal fairy mother is aware of their engagement.)

"Do you know who I am?" Said by the arrogant famous/powerful villain. Can be comically subverted by answering, "Uh... no."

A great subversion occurs in the Justice League episode, Maid of Honor. Wonder Woman is accompanying the Princess of Kasnia to a popular night club in Paris. Diana wonders how they are going to get in with the long line leading the Princess to use this line on the bouncer. The bouncer lets them in because she is with Wonder Woman (it is never revealed whether the bouncer recognizes the princess).

"Do you like what you see?" Usually spoken by a lingerie-clad (or nude) Femme Fatale as she prepares to seduce (or outright rape) the hero, perhaps after her Dress Hits Floor.

"Do you think he/she/they bought it?" Quick way of letting the audience know that whatever they just did was staged for another character's benefit.

Bob saying "Okay, [character] is/will not [action]." Which in turn can be followed by the Gilligan Cut and Alice complaining "You lied."

"Don't worry, I'll/we'll be right behind you!" Usually said by the Lovable Coward to The Hero when faced with threatening situations, usually followed by the speakers running and taking cover behind something, or hiding behind the hero.

"Don't worry! I know this [country|city|land|terrain] like the back of my hand." Sometimes subverted or spoofed by having a character say this, then examine the back of their hand and say "Wow! I never noticed that before!"

In another common spoof, the other person says, "That's the front of your hand (you're looking at)."

And yet another spoof features them running headfirst into something immediately afterward.

"Get off my lawn!" Battle cry of bitter and cantankerous old men and women. Increasingly used ironically by characters and people realizing they're older than they thought. Often preceded or followed by "You damn/darn/dog-gone kids!"

"Get the hell out of there!" The nuke's about to go off, what are you doing standing around?! Get the hell out of there!

"Gives a whole new meaning to X." A flag that some formerly innocent expression has now become a Double Entendre thanks to someone's actions.

"God, I missed you."

"Good luck... you'll need it."

"Good thing I landed on my head..."

"Goodbye, cruel world!" Pre-suicide stock phrase. Usually satiric.

Veronica Mars has a faked "sucide" using this phrase, where Veronica had previously discussed the idea that using this phrase would be a good way to commit a perfect murder in a criminology paper.

"Great, JUST, great." said by the more pessimistic character after a disaster/failure, followed by the level headed leader telling them to calm down and formulating a new plan.

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An emphasized "had" (so as to mean the past tense of "have"): Without saying so many words, a character is disappointed say, that a villain he was chasing somehow got away when he was so confident that, well, he had him (think of Arnold Schwarzenegger complaining to a horse in a scene from True Lies after it refuses to chase a baddie who's just jumped across a street, airborne, on a motorcycle).

An emphasized "was" appears in the original Casino Royale novel — it's virtually the last line of the book and is used by Bond when he's informing his superiors of Vesper Lynd's suicide and the fact she was a double.

"Hands Up!" Said by anyone with a gun. The phrase isn't even needed sometimes; if a character sees someone with a gun they'll automatically raise their hands with no prompting. (See also Stick Em Up, which is a Sub-Trope of this.)

"Hang on!" "To what?!"

"Has anyone ever told you..."

"He won't get far..." The person in question is trying to flee, but the speaker indicates that he knows that person will not be getting away so no long chase is necessary, typically either because the person's ride is sabotaged or he will be dropping dead shortly.

"Hello, father/mother/brother/sister.": Whenever someone confronts an estranged family member, especially when they're on opposite ends of the good/evil scale. Usually delivered in a mocking tone.

Just before their climactic battle in the second season finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy greets Angelus with a bitter "Hello, lover."

"He's/She's/They're getting away!" Announced by heroes or villains when the other side is escaping.

"(He/she) is better than I am." (pause) "If you ever tell (him/her) I said that, I'll kill you."

"Hey, why don't we put on a show?" A signature line from the classic Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musicals of the 1930s, but often used elsewhere (sometimes as homage, sometimes as parody) whenever a group of kids/teens in a more innocent time need to raise money. Frequently followed up with "My [relative of choice] has a barn we can use!"

"Hey, I think you wanna take a look at this!" "Are you seeing this?"

"Hi, I'm X.": The opposite of "Who are you and what have you done with..", X is making the point that anyone surprised by his/her current actions must never have met him/her.

"How do I know I can trust you?" "You don't." Common in an Enemy Mine situation.

"How do I know you'll keep your word?" (Alternately, "How do we know he'll keep his word?") The obvious question the hero(es) should be asking (and often do) in a Hostage for MacGuffin or similar situation. The most common response is more or less equivalent to the one Khan gave in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: "Oh, I've given you no word to keep, Admiral. In my judgment, you simply have no alternative." "What choice do we have?", or "You don't" are alternate versions. In dramatic terms, this means that the hero now has karmic permission to use any kind of trickery on the villain necessary to regain the advantage.

"How do you play this game, then?" Part of The Magic Poker Equation. As stated in Witches Abroad "When an obvious innocent sits down with three experienced card sharpers and says 'How do you play this game, then?', someone is about to be shaken down until their teeth fall out." It also works with pool.

"How do you stop this thing?!" The speaker has taken the controls of a vehicle of which he has absolutely no idea of how to pilot. Sure enough, he's started it up and now it is careening out of control and he is screaming this line to get some idea of how to bring it to a halt.

"How hard can it be?" and/or "What could possibly go wrong?": Whenever a character comments on the apparent easiness of a task, it almost invariably turns out to be stunningly difficult. Suddenly things as simple as buying milk become epic quests or even life-or-death experiences. See all of the tropes in Tempting Fate, such as Retirony.

Sometimes used satirically after listing a series of incredibly difficult and/or obviously fatal tasks. "We just have to sneak into a guarded fortress at noon, find the one person we're looking for, and convince them to betray the love of their life. How hard can it be?" Occasionally this is not intended satirically, to illustrate that the speaker is either clueless, arrogant to the point of insanity, or Just That Good.

Often the Deadpan Snarker or the Literal-Minded character will answer the question, and recount the things that could possibly go wrong. The other character will angrily remind them that it was a rhetorical question. (However, using this joke will provide some safety from this particular Chekhov's Gun actually going off.)

"How you holding up?": After some disaster or other bad thing has befallen a character. Done to death in Smallville.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up and..."

There's no record of any carnival talker (not "barker") ever yelling "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up!" The "cant" was always much more elaborate, which is part of why the talker was the best-paid man on the lot.

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"I almost feel sorry for him. Almost." Speaking about a nasty fate that the subject very much deserves.

"I deserved that." Said when acknowledging, however grudgingly, the truth of an argument or insult. Common in Soap Opera or Family Drama arguments.

"I didn't come all this way... *pained gasp* just to die here!" And if it's a villainous character, guess what? They die!

"I don't have time for this!" Usually said by The Hero as he's becoming bored or frustrated taking down all the Evil Minions between him and the Big Bad. Alternatively, the protagonist yells this sentence while he is trying to get something important done but people keep bothering him with trivial things.

"If you don't like it here, why don't you go back where you came from?"

"If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it." Basically saying something is only meant for the super-rich for which money is not an object. Sometimes attributed to tycoon J. P. Morgan though not verified.

"If you were, you wouldn't ask": The inevitable reply to a character wondering if they're insane, thoughtless, evil, or otherwise Not So Different from the villain.

"If you were anyone else...." A character is informed by another that s/he only gets away with something because they are them. A good example is what Worf says after Picard accuses him of being a coward in First Contact.

"I got to get me one of those!" Jokingly said by a character upon encountering some incredibly awesome but wholly implausible weapon or device (Will Smith in Independence Day, Commissioner Gordon reacting to the Batmobile in Batman Begins).

"I hope I'm wrong, because otherwise..." aaaaand.....cut to a different scene. Note that the thing-too-terrible-to-contemplate that is the subject of this line always, always happens. See also Unspoken Plan Guarantee.

"I knew that." No they didn't.

"I know that, and you know that, but he doesn't know that."

"I know what is best for you." Usually the one who says it is misinformed. If they're not misinformed, they're often malevolent.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"I wouldn't date/marry you if you were the last man/woman on earth." Deconstructed by David Slater in The Moon Is Blue.

"I'll deal with you later." Usually a villain's response to a Hero's Sidekick's snarky comments that usually translates as "You piss me off too and you'll pay for it, but I have more important business for now."

"I'll do it, or my name isn't..."

"I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count." Said when the situation is so painfully obvious that no one with half a brain should need more than the one guess, hence the first two being worthless.

Subverted in The Simpsons, where, after Bart declares this about his hand, we cut to ten minutes later, where we see it's become incredibly dirty.

Similarly in the Discworld novel Jingo, Nobby says he'll never wash his hankerchief again, then blows his nose ("It still bends, see?")

In My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Spike says this after Rarity kisses his cheek. He's serious about it, as a week later, the lipstick from the kiss (along with random accumulated dirt) is still on his cheek.

One episode of Cow and Chicken has the latter declaring never to wash his eyeball again.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead," or "Sleep is for the dead." May be countered with "If you don't sleep, you are/will be dead!"

"I love you!" "You don't know what love is!" Alternate replies along the lines of "Not enough." or "I actually used to believe that..." are also common.

Alternate usage: X is expressing hesitation over a daring/dangerous plan. The convincer throws in an irresistible perk. Cue this line. Example: Jayne from the Firefly episode "Heart of Gold" upon learning that the people the crew are trying to help are whores.

"I'm just resting my eyes." Cue snoring.

"I'm just sayin'..." trailing off to an awkward pause. It usually follows some harsh criticism disguised as friendly advice, in a feeble attempt to prevent hard feelings.

"I'm just so angry all the time." Spoken by many an angsty teenage boy. Predominately when the writers need to illustrate the character to be conflicted but can't think of anything better to have him say.

"I'm listening." A character has been offered to hear a proposal from someone, usually at a unusual time or place, and he's now intrigued enough to hear it out.

"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what this is all about."

"I'm not smart enough to come up with this." The person is using their known shortcomings to support the veracity of what they just said or did. Can be reversed ("Do you think I'm stupid enough to have done that.") or use a different shortcoming (i.e. evil character could not come up with a story of someone doing something noble.)

"I'm too young to die!" Or, in more comedic settings, "I'm too pretty to die!"

This line is yelled by Sonic in chapter 61 of Paper Mario X when treatened by Samus to not say a word to anybody about her behavement.

"I never asked for this." The main character has an incredible power/gift/ability but the writers want to make things seem angsty? Cue this phrase.

"In my country we have a saying..."

"I remember it like it happened yesterday." Often followed by "That's because it did happen yesterday" or "It happened today."

"I said sit down!"

"Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?" The standard quip by anyone under a great deal of pressure, especially as a result of trying to conceal lustful thoughts. Or maybe the building is on fire.

"Is it time yet?! Is it time yet?!" (Not yet! Not yet!) A variation on Are We There Yet?.

"It's beautiful!" — Usually said by a female character when she receives a gift.

"It's dead." / "Could you please not use the word 'dead'?" Exchange that takes place at that point in a horror movie when someone tries to phone for help.

"It's got to work!" (or "It has to work!"). Because if it doesn't work, they're dead.

"It's our anniversary!" followed by "..." and "YOU FORGOT, DIDN'T YOU." or some variation on that.

"It's no use, Johnny. I'm done for. You save yourself." From classic WWII films, the soon-to-be-martyred hero urges his friend to escape the oncoming enemy while he bleeds out. Sometimes results in the martyr being picked up and carried to medical aid, though.

"It's not about the (trivial thing)!" Said when it's time to discuss What's Going Wrong in This Relationship.

"It's not the end of the world." Said to console someone overwhelmed by loss or guilt, or in a more facetious tone to mock excessive self-pity.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Featured in all six Star Wars movies and several tie-in titles. Generally considered/acknowledged to be an homage when seen in a more recent show.

"I've never met anyone like you before."

"I walked right into that one." A character realizes he just incited a joke at his own expense.

"I was afraid you were gonna say that."

"I was this close" (to achieving something): with the "this" accompanied by the appropriate one hand gesture. Without the hand gesture "this" is changed to "so". Either way, the character knows almost doesn't count, and lets others know it. Made famous by Get Smart, where it took the form "Missed it by that much". (The trope Missed Him by That Much is related In Name Only.)

"I wouldn't [cross the street to] piss on you if you were on fire." An expression of a strong hatred towards another that drives a person to simply avoid any interaction with them.

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"Just described a dog." - When a character names what makes a person so likeable (almost always mentioning loyalty/fidelity, but also being friendly or playful), and then someone points out that everything they've just said could also be used to describe the perfect dog.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

"Just relax, it'll be okay."

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"Kill me! Go ahead, do it!" says the villain, and as always, the hero will rescue them from the ledge/put down the weapon without fail.

"Leave no stone unturned." An admonishment to be extremely thorough when searching for something or someone.

"Let's dance." The confident good guy accepting the inevitable fight that's about to break out. Anime dubs also use this to translate I Am Your Opponent.

"Let's get outta here!" Right before an obvious exit from a scene. Has been said to appear in 78% of all films ever made, but sources for this statistic are dubious at best.

"Let's finish this."

"Let's not and say we did."

"Let's pretend I don't know what that means." The Watson to Mr. Exposition. If it's the sidekick saying it, they may try to pretend they're not the ones in the dark, along the lines of, "Let's say the Hero doesn't know what the Technobabble device does."

"Let's rock and roll."

"Let me slip into something more comfortable." Spoken by a seductress right before she changes into lingerie, often behind a see-through screen. This can be parodic, since the lingerie sometimes looks more uncomfortable than the original clothing.

"Let them come." Spoken by the villain (often of the Evil Overlord persuasion) to his far-more-sensible underling when the heroes are on their way. Sometimes, it's because they're leading the heroes into a trap. Other times, it's basically a cheat based on the bad guy's unyielding arrogance to let the heroes get as far as the front door.

"Like herding cats." Used to describe something that's difficult but not impossible to do.

"A little help here? Anyone?!"

"Lock and load." followed by cocking a large gun.

"Look out! He's got a bomb/gun/knife!"

"...loves this trope." Used on this wiki in lists of examples, to describe series (games, whatever) that use the same trope several times.

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"medic..." Whimpered by the victim of Amusing Injuries while he lies in a mangled heap upon the ground.

"Move, move, move!" Alternately, "Move, people!" (Primarily used in military settings, when an authority figure wants his or her subordinates to hurry up and do whatever they're doing, but faster.)

"My body is a temple." International law dictates that this line must always be followed by a suggestion that a more appropriate comparison might be to an amusement park. Alternate comeback is "Yeah, the Temple of Doom."

"... once and for all!" — how thoroughly the hero is going to defeat the villain, or vice-versa. (It always grates on this editor's ears, for some reason)

"One, two, three, one, two, three..." Counting out the beats of 3/4 time is the perfect way to set people waltzing.

"One-way ticket" to someplace that you wouldn't want to go, e.g., "a one-way ticket to jail."

"...Or not." Used by a character who knows they're being ignored. For example, "We could always take the back road! ...Or not."

Also used when unexpected circumstances prevent that action. "Hey guys! I know a faster way. Let's take this bridge." *UFO crashes, destroying bridge* "Or not."

"Out of my way!" when someone's running, usually through a crowded area like a hallway.

"Over my dead body." Ironic and serious.

Traditional responses include "That can be arranged," "That's the plan," or "Have it your way then," followed by a gunshot. There's also the slightly less evil "If necessary." In Mork and Mindy once had Mork respond, "It may trip us, but it won't stop us."

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"Play time is over." Often used by villains to indicate that they're going to start taking the fight serious, and that the heroes had better do the same or else. Kind of like an inverse Let's Get Dangerous.

And of course, from the video game that manages to directly use so so many stock phrases completely straight: "Play time is over, Star Fox!"

"A simple no would have sufficed.": An indignant response to a dismissal or rejection that is overly demeaning, verbose, or both.

"Slowly I turn — step by step, inch by inch..."

"Someone... or something..." Used to identify that an act may have been done by something paranormal.

When Harry Dresden used it, Action Girl Karrin Murphy calls him on it, saying, "You've been waiting years to use that one, haven't you?" Dresden, being the Smart Ass that he is, shrugs and mentions that opportunities don't arise as often as you'd think.

"Sorry, but duty calls..." What a cop/military hero says to a pretty girl he's dating that he has to get back to work. She usually is gracious enough to leave it at that.

"Stick that in your (noun) and (verb) it." Most commonly used after making a point to rub it in. Original form is almost certainly "Stick that in your pipe and smoke it," but modern usage plays it as a mad libs.

West Side Story twists the syntax for the sake of a rhyme: "I like the island Manhattan— / Smoke on your pipe and put that in!"

"Stop me anytime." Someone is depressed or angry with themselves and starts listing all of their own failings, expecting the person they're talking to to break in and disagree. If the other person just lets them continue, they get annoyed and say this.

"Stop the presses." Originally related to reporters have a new story that they just have to have in the next edition, it's rarer for use in actual news (actually stopping the presses is damned expensive and takes ages to start back up) and is used generally for any news that may need people to stop what they are doing.

In the Ed, Edd n Eddy episode "Truth or Ed", Eddy yells this when he hears that the school newspapers actually have profit.

Parodied in The Simpsons when Homer gets a job as a food critic. The foreman complies, and after Homer tells them to start the presses his frustrated boss says "That takes four hours."

Parodied in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Ponyville Confidential". Sweetie Belle shouts "Stop the presses!" as she dramatically bursts into the office for the school newspaper, only for the kid running the press to say "We haven't started yet."

Parodied in The Truth, where a dwarf printer yells "Stop the presses!" because the cart carrying his press has come loose and is careening down the stret.

"Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever."

"Tell me/us how you really feel." An ironic response to "The Reason You Suck" Speech or a similarly scathing comment. Can be prefaced with "Don't hold back..." or "Don't sugarcoat it..."

"Tell my (wife/fiancee/girlfriend) I love her." "Tell her yourself.": Exchange often heard when the first speaker is about to go into a very dangerous situation (see also If I Do Not Return). Also sometimes used if the first speaker is severely wounded and the second speaker is trying to convince him/her that his/her wounds aren't fatal (often when this happens the wounds are indeed fatal, and the first speaker dies in the second speaker's arms).

Subverted in Fables, where the dying man says: "Tell each of my girlfriends I said her name last."

Wonderfully subverted in No Country for Old Men, near the start of the film. Llewellyn, speaking to his wife: "If I don't come back, tell my Mom I love her." Llewellyn's wife: "Your mama's been dead for years..." Llewellyn: "Oh. Then I guess I'll tell her myself."

Nicely subverted in the reboot of Star Trek, in which Spock starts one of these and Kirk cuts him off — to assure him the plan's going to work.

"Tell that to ______." The person in the blank is nearly invariably someone whose experience proves whatever statement prompted this line wrong, or at least someone who is very unlikely to believe it.

"That was too close.": Spoken just after a near miss by a projectile, a last-second disarming of a bomb, etc. Sometimes seen in a two-character variation, as "That was close." "Yeah, a little too close."

"The inside of my mouth tasted like something died in it". Usually a First Person narrative remark, made either after a night out drinking or after being knocked unconscious, if not both. Many variations.

"The only good [member of enemy group] is a dead [member of enemy group]." Often spoken by those who harbor a serious hatred toward a particular group of people or creatures.

"Them's fightin' words!" Taking exception to something said, usually in a Western context.

"There's no 'I' in 'team'!" Optional stock response: "But there's an 'm' and an 'e', and that spells me!" (Then there's the response from web series Red vs. Blue: "Yeah, and there's no U either. So if I'm not on the team and you're not on the team, there's nobody on the goddamned team! The team sucks!")

In the 2012 Hungerian Grand Prix, as Kimi Raikkonen overtook his teammate Coulthard, one of the commentators, commented that there was no "I" in team and was then handed a piece of paper that said "but there's two in 'Kimi'."

"But there is one in win. And victory. And triumph. And two in championship..."

Grif: Yeah, there's no "U" either. So I guess if I'm not on the team, and you're not on the team, nobody's on the God damn team. The team sucks!

"There's something odd about that guy." Usually said when a bystander, witness, or ally seems legit, but turns out to be The Mole or otherwise sitting on a whopper of a secret.

"There's something you don't see every day..." Usually said by someone seeing something outrageous or crazy going on.

"There's something you should know..." Usually said by character A to character B when character B is about to do something (or has just done something) that would turn out to be immoral or unwise if character B had the information that character A has. Or if Character A is about to dump a Reveal on B that makes their situation more complicated.

"The very idea!" Shocked utterance of a Grande Dame or one who fancies herself such, often coupled with "Well I never!"

"This can't be happening" or "This isn't happening." A staple of horror and sci-fi flicks when the protagonists realize they're caught up in something really crazy, dangerous, surreal, or all of the above.

The X-Files had an episode with the title "This is Not Happening" where abductees including Mulder are turning up dead.

Flynn's reaction to discovering he's been transferred into the computer: "This isn't happening. It just thinks it's happening."

"Those are prescription glasses!" When a Blind Without 'Em character is robbed of his spectacles.

Parodied in The Simpsons with the obese Comic Book Guy: "Those are prescription pants!"

"This will all end in tears." Often used by The Eeyore to express doubt in the current plan or actions of other characters.

"Those drums are driving me mad!" British explorer/colonial (complete with pith helmet) is having trouble dealing with native communications protocols.

"Try and get some (rest/sleep)." Said after a particularly trying experience for one or more characters, generally during a down-time scene before The Climax. Often accompanied by a hug, pat on the back, or even a tuck into bed.

"Very carefully". : As a response to "How did you do that?", "How do I do this?", etc.

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"Wait, I have a better idea": Usually spoken right after a character suggests a conventional course of action. Suddenly, another character preempts that with an idea for more creative and/or dramatic one, which we see in action.

"Was it good for you?": Asked after having sex. Or more ironically after killing someone.

"Was it something I said?": When a conversation ends with one person suddenly thumping the other person and/or storming out and slamming the door, the other person says this. Usually, what they said or did to prompt the reaction is blindingly obvious to everyone except them. But occasionally, it was something completely external, such as the activation of the Bat Signal.

"Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy!" Used most famously in Groundhog Day.

"Water! Water!" Has to be exclaimed when someone is fainting in public.

"Well I never!" Shocked phrase of the Grande Dame. Often followed with "The very idea!"

More often followed by a wisecracker saying either "And you never will with that attitude!" or "You should. It's fun!" Or, in the case of Daria, "Never in her life." when a Grand Dame said "Well, I never in my life!" on being asked if she dyes her hair.

"Well, that's new..." Overly calm reaction to a large change, frequently a form of Lampshade Hanging.

"We need to talk." A phrase that is usually followed by "It's over", "You're fired", or at the very least, "The Reason You Suck" Speech. Of late, it's generally followed by a wary reaction on the part of the person addressed.

Seinfeld dubbed this "The four most dangerous words in the English language."

Brent Sienna from PVP Online once stated that "In all the history of mankind, nothing good has ever come after the phrase 'Honey, we need to talk.'"

"What are you doing?" "Something I should have done a long time ago." Exchange which occurs when a henchman turns on the bad guy, thus saving the hero. Also sometimes as the hero surprises a love interest with their first kiss (or, if their relationship is more advanced, a wedding proposal).

"What are you doing here?" "What am I doing here? What are you doing here?!"

"What are your intentions towards my daughter?" Bonus if the questioner is cleaning a shotgun.

"What are you talking about?" When someone says something stupid, weird, or just plain confusing, this is the response.

"What am I saying?!" When the person is saying it doesn't agree with what he just said and is confused about why he said it.

"What could possibly happen/go wrong?" This is often the kiss of death, particularly for what seems to be A Simple Plan. Someone who says this usually finds out the answer the hard way. See Tempting Fate. Also expect a Genre Savvy character to point that they shouldn't had said that.

"What did you say your name was?" "I didn't." Usually used to up a character's mystique, or if the audience knows their name, to show that they're keeping their identity hidden. Also can take the form of "You never told me your name." "No, I didn't."

"What do you mean, 'you people'?" / "What the hell do you mean, 'you people'?" A stock indignant response to any line including the phrase "you people".

"What do you want?"/ "Ah, it's not what I want, it's what you want." Standard opening to the Deal with the Devil.

"What in the name of X is going on here?" where X is usually a Running Gag of the character's interests; i.e. a wrestling fan would put names of famous wrestlers in the place of X. Can be used more generically with "God" or "Hell" in place of X.

"What kind of fool do you take me for?" Usually followed immediately by "Don't answer that," usually just before the second person actually does.

"Where have you been? You missed all the excitement!" Usually said to the one who was secretly the cause of the excitement. Common in the Super Hero genre.

"Why can't I make you see, Pa? I got music inside of me." The gifted child tries to explain what drives him to his more down-to-earth parent. Variations are common and continue to the present day — see Billy Elliot, for example.

"Why don't you come up to my place?" The classic come-on line (though variations in phrasing are numerous).

"You ARE the One!" The usual statement when the most adamant doubter of the The Chosen One is finally convinced.

You Can Take An X Out Of Y: "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy." Almost any other noun can take the place of "country" in order to fit this to the current context.

"You can't do this!" "I just did!"

"You can't imagine..."

"You can't fire me, I quit!" or "You can't quit, you're fired!": A disgruntled employee to an angry boss, or vice versa. Often spoken in tandem. Note that saying this line usually means less juridical hassle to the recipient, so Don't Try This At Work.

"You can't save everyone." Often followed by a grimly determined, "I can try."

"You did what?!"

"You didn't hear this from me." When Character A is giving Character B a warning or information they're not supposed to give.

"You don't believe in anything!"

"You don't get out much, do you?" Said in response to a blank look or other uncomprehending response to something the speaker feels is well-known or obvious, usually some element of pop culture.

"You never write, you never call." ...So I'm complaining about it face-to-face.

"You okay?" The starting-point for almost every conversation in almost every scene of LOST.

"You should have killed me when you had the chance."

"You should see the other guy!" Usually said after a character is badly injured in a fight or 'won' a bet.

"You won't get away with this!" "But I already have." Your typical superhero and enemy exchange. Related to Just Between You and Me.

Subverted in the famous miniseries/graphic novel Watchmen:

Nite Owl: "When were you planning to do it?"

Ozymandias: "Do it? Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

"You would do that, after the way I treated you?" Something a former antagonist would say after being shown a good turn by a hero who s/he was an opponent, indicating against all expectations that they are forgiven.

"You would have done the same." Standard response of a character confronted by their past morally ambiguous actions.

"You'll be dead before you hit the ground." Variation: "You'll be dead before you can feel it." This phrase is most often used to describe poisons or highly destructive weapons. Specifically, it was used in The Lost World: Jurassic Park to describe a poison. More examples can be added.

"You'll have to do better than that."

"You'll never work in this town again!" Originally said by Samuel Goldwyn, the G of MGM.

"You're a dead man! Do you hear me? A dead man!"

"You're a genius!" Usually immediately follows an (inadvertent) Eureka Moment on the part of the hero's friend; neither the friend nor the audience will be told how he's a genius until at least the next scene. House has this reaction pretty much Once an Episode, but rarely actually uses the phrase.

"You're not leaving the house dressed like that!" Standard line of an Overprotective Dad to a bratty teenage daughter about to go out partying.

"You're not the boss of me!"

"You're pregnant?! How did this happen? Well, I know how, but..."

Stage example: Thornton Wilder's The Skin Of Our Teeth. In the third act, Gladys Antrobus, depicted in the first two acts as in her early teens, turns up with a baby: Sabina's reaction is a stunned, "Where did you get it? — Forget I asked! After all these months in camp, I've forgotten how to behave." (There is a war on: she's just realized that Gladys could be married, could be widowed, could be a rape victim, or might indeed have been a camp follower like Sabina herself.)

This also shows up in Veronica Mars, though Veronica's talking to Duncan about Meg's (and Duncan's) child.

"You've got til noon to leave Santa Fe." Or there's going to be one heck of a gunfight at the climax of the film.

"You've been hurt!" Or just "____, you're hurt!"

Often followed by "It's nothing." Then they generally stumble or pass out.

"You want him? Come and get him!"

"You were saying?"

"You were thinking it." Usually uttered after a character protests that they never said X about someone/something (examples: Diego says this to Sid in the first Ice Age movie, Mike says this to Sully in the teaser for Monsters, Inc.). A variation is a character saying something very weird and/or tasteless, and in response to the looks of shock or disgust, protests "Oh come on, you were thinking it too!"

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